SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study revealed that fine dust and ultrafine dust can be critical to the survival of respiratory patients. Higher fine dust levels typically result in more patients being hospitalized for various respiratory diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and lung cancer, and increased the death rate [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers are ramping up efforts to develop air purifiers and masks in their fight against ultra-fine dust. According to industry watchers, a research team at the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology has created a nanofiber-based ultra-fine dust filter that can collect particulate matter known as known [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts warn that cooking meat indoors without ventilation could see levels of ultra-fine dust increase by as much as nine times their normal values. According to a research team of environmental conservation led by professor Kim Sung-ryeol at Soon Chun Hyang University, cooking meat without opening a window to ventilate [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — From Saturday, the Seoul Metropolitan Government will be offering free public transport services during rush hour on days when high-level fine dust alerts are issued, in an effort to discourage driving and reduce air pollution. Seoul’s decision to offer free public transport comes after the municipal government announced ten [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study suggests fine dust particles from China in 2007 alone were linked to the early deaths of 30,900 people in Korea and Japan. The global collaborative study by Tsinghua University, Beijing University, the University of California-Irvine, and the University of British Colombia examined the deadly impact of fine [...]